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I wanted to make new works of very contemporary objects, which I thought was interesting because many of them are manufactured in China, but these objects are universal, they go across all languages, all cultures.
Michael Craig-Martin
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Michael Craig-Martin
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 28
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It's just that some things more important for this and less important for that, and this is true regardless the style of the art.
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You can't honour someone by copying them or trying to be exactly like them.
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The person you admire was true to himself. You can only truly honour him by being true to yourself.
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If you were really interested in being creative in teaching, it was possible to try new methods and that was really what we did in Goldsmiths - we used the freedom of the time.
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In Britain the power of authority was weakened. There was much more individual freedom and there was great academic freedom.
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I am personally happy for artists to make as much money as they can while they can to carry them through the times when they can't.
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I've taken away everything I could think of, and yet what remains is enough. These days many more people come to my work, and once they see my work they will always recognize it.
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The viewer brings all additional information to the image.
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